Photo: G LeTourneau · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Batavia Township earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
4.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for Batavia Township are A for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Batavia Township
Batavia Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Batavia Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #64 of 768 in Illinois. Household income is its strongest input ($131,798, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Batavia Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Short hops and long hauls from Batavia Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Batavia Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 15,946 residents head out to work, 1,748 work right here, and 11,223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Batavia Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Batavia Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
66% of the jobs in Batavia Township pay over $3,333 a month
12,971 jobs are based in Batavia Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batavia Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,771 → 12,971. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batavia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Batavia Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batavia Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,394 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Good to walk, short on transit: Batavia Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Batavia Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #202 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Batavia Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 18,763 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of Batavia Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Batavia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,239 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 49,000, Batavia Township comes 125th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 6 | West Deerfield Township IL | 32,111 | $205K | 2.7% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
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| 18 | New Lenox IL | 28,893 | $141K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A+ |
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| 28 | Bartlett IL | 40,855 | $133K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 123 | Madison MS | 28,575 | $119K | 4.8% | 2.0% | 9% | A |
| 124 | Gahanna OH | 35,986 | $109K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 7% | A |
| 125 | Batavia Township IL | 35,974 | $132K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 10% | A |
| 126 | Buffalo Grove IL | 42,812 | $129K | 7.2% | 2.7% | 6% | A |
| 127 | Riverton UT | 47,395 | $127K | 3.6% | 3.4% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Batavia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Batavia Township
The biggest share goes to Batavia (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Batavia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia Township | – | A | A | 29 min | $131,798 |
| Geneva Township | under 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $141,890 |
| Aurora Township | under 3% | B− | A− | 25 min | $76,459 |
| Blackberry Township | under 3% | A | B | 31 min | $156,494 |
| Batavia | 9% | A | A | 29 min | $120,056 |
| North Aurora | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $114,305 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Batavia Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Batavia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Batavia Township?
$131,798 (±$8,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batavia Township?
4.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batavia Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batavia Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (12%, 33 mi), Batavia (9%, 1 mi), Aurora (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Batavia Township walkable?
Batavia Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Batavia Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Batavia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batavia Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.